dialogue 1

Jingjing: Marko, I notice you put some --------------.

Mark: ----------------does that, don't they?

Jingjing: Idon't. I think people should -----------. Anyway, it---------- toclick on a post and then only get to hear -------------.

Mark: Well,they have to---------. Let's hope some of the artists -------------too,right? Anyway, I used two different ------------------ I could find.

Jingjing: Yeah, I noticed that. I also noticed you're calling those song---------------. What are those, -----------?

Mark: Youshould know that. Yo---------------- for a long time.

Jingjing: Sure. I'm just---------- to see if you know.

Mark: Alright, then. A jazz standard is a song that has -------------- ofthe classic jazz ------------, like Cole Porter, and has now been-------------artists.

Jingjing: Isaw on your----------you posted ----------------------------

Mark: Yeah,I------------ performances of Nature Boy I --------.

Jingjing: Iknow----- those artists (Miles Davis and Stan Getz) are ----------- in jazz. What about the-------------, though?

Mark: DonMcLean is a----------. He did---------vocal recording, which waspretty ---------. One of the other singers, Leonard Nimoy, is actually ------------------. Early in his -------, he recorded a few-----------------.

Jingjing: Hehas an interesting voice.

Mark: Yeah,it's pr-------------ting.

Jingjing: Who wrote ------------------Boy?

Mark NatKing Cole was ----------, in 1948.

Jingjing: Wow, that's------------song!

dialogue 2

Jingjing: Ifound out ------------about jazz standards since we last talked.

Mark: --------------,Jingjing!

Jingjing: OK, so -----standards were written or -------------- by jazz musicians. Some were from -------- and other productions. Others were very -----------,---------when artists started to----------music.

Mark: Thatpretty much------------. Yeah, I think of a jazz standard as a song thathas been done by so many--------- that it doesn't seem to-----------. Itsounds good as jazz, but is great to hear done by----------------.

Jingjing: Speaking of-----------, I like that ---------of How Insensitive by IggyPop that you------------------.

Mark: Metoo. -------------------------------------------------. One of the other------------ofthat------- song, performed by Sting, I couldn't find ----------------- yearsago.

Jingjing: That one's -------------too. I love Sting's ---------------.

Mark: ----------doI. I like how he didn't--------------- too much. It's like the------------- just with Sting doing -------------------.

Jingjing: Are you going to pos------------------?

Mark: ThoseI posted were the-----------of each song. I'd like to put up my favorite -----------called You Don't Know ------------------. There are five I like of that.

Jingjing: That's a-----------------for a song. Any others?

Mark: Youwant a----------? Try this one: I Wish I Knew How It---------------------------Free.

Jingjing: Woah! Is that------------jazz standard?

Mark: I'd-----------—thoughit's hard to----------- what exactly is a jazz standard and what isn't.

Jingjing: That's what's-------- about it, I guess, ----------------------------

Mark: That's------------ it well, Jingjing. Here, you want to listen to--------------these and tell me-----------you like best?

Jingjing: Send me the-------. I'll----------- them later.

new words andphrases

from dialogue 1

get(someone's)goat(idiom)

vocal recording:

captivating:

from dialogue 2

stumbled on(something):

jazz(something)up:

nail(something)down (or) nail down(something):